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Christy’s Dies Only Beehive Card

- Nancy Krueger 3 Comments


You are invited to share your creativity by linking up your crafty projects at the end of this post! Your project should feature Lawn Fawn stamps, dies, stencils and papers. This challenge will run for 2 weeks and be open until Sunday, June 1 at 11:59pm ET.

For each challenge, we will randomly select an entry to receive a $50.00 gift certificate to the Lawn Fawn shop! Everyone who enters a challenge has a chance to be the random winner! Yay!

We will also be highlighting a few of your fabulous projects at the close of each challenge! By linking your projects to our challenges, you will give permission for us to post your work to this blog and our social media sites. Check out the How to Play page for a few guidelines to play along. We want this to be FUN, so we’ll keep the rules to just a few!

Hey friends, it’s Christy here with another card for our Dies Only Challenge! The bees have been buzzing in my backyard, so I was inspired to make a beehive card. I started by die cutting the Tree Branches Backdrop: Portrait out of some Chocolate Bar Cardstock. Then I cut the leaves from Cilantro and Noble Fir.


Next, I trimmed the Magic Iris Beehive Add-On from Sunflower Cardstock, backed the hole with more Chocolate Bar, and die cut the bees from Sticky Note, Black Licorice, with Pearlized Vellum for the wings. I cut the flowers from Ballet Slippers and Guava Cardstock and also cut the word “BEE” from Guava using Finley’s ABCs. I added shading to all my die cut elements with Copic markers. Then I white heat embossed the “happy’ and ‘day” parts of my sentiment into the center of the beehive, leaving enough room in the middle for my die cut letters.


Then I took a piece of Bristol Cardstock and created a background using the Cloudy Stencil and some Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink. I popped the Tree Branches Backdrop: Portrait up with foam tape to give the scene some dimension and added in my beehive, leaves, flowers, and bees. I finished with a bit of Stardust Stickles.


I did stamp on the inside of my card with Bubblegum Ink, which you can check out in the video tutorial on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it! Thanks so much for stopping by today.

I love this bright and cheery card, Christy! Thank you so much for this wonderful inspiration!

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Jenn’s Water-colored Mermazing Mermaid Card

- Nancy Krueger 2 Comments


You are invited to share your creativity by linking up your crafty projects at the end of this post! Your project should feature Lawn Fawn stamps, dies, stencils and papers. This challenge will run for 2 weeks and be open until Sunday, June 2 at 11:59PM ET.

For each challenge, we will randomly select an entry to receive a $50.00 gift certificate to the Lawn Fawn shop! Everyone who enters a challenge has a chance to be the random drawing winner! Woohoo!

We will also be highlighting a few of your fabulous projects at the close of each challenge! By linking your projects to our challenges, you will give permission for us to post your work to this blog and our social media sites. Check out the How to Play page for a few guidelines to play along. We want this to be FUN, so we’ll keep the rules to just a few!

It comes as no surprise that our resident mermaid Jenn has a Mermazing Mermaid card to inspire you today! It’s a perfect way to close out the Design Team inspiration for Dies Only challenge which ends on June 2 at 11:59PM ET.


To create this mermazing design, Jenn got out the Distress Watercolor Pencils to add lots of movement, texture and lots of gorgeous color to the background. She created even more interest by splattering with more color and gold watercolor paint.


She also colored the paper-pieced Mermazing Mermaid with the watercolor pencils. It creates such a fun look to the cute mermaid.


Even the awesome Scalloped Arches Border got the watercolor treatment creating beautiful watery detail! Jenn colored the Finley’s ABCs letters before sprinkling on Distress Rock Candy glitter because you have to have glitter!

This card is so amazing, Jenn! Thanks so much for this brilliant Dies Only inspiration!


Be sure to check out Jenn’s upcoming online classes for June! Coming on June 14th are two self-paced online classes “Bring Your Greenthumb” and How Art Can It Be”. Then on June 21st is the Beachcomber Online Class with kit option. Visit Jenn’s classes page for all the information to sign up HERE!

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Don’t forget, the Dies Only challenge ends THIS SUNDAY! Be sure to get your entries linked by June 2nd at 11:59PM ET. Thanks so much, we can’t wait to see all of your amazing creativity!

Christy’s Cheery Cherries Birthday Card

- Nancy Krueger 5 Comments


You are invited to share your creativity by linking up your crafty projects at the end of this post! Your project should feature Lawn Fawn stamps, dies, stencils and papers. This challenge will run for 2 weeks and be open until Sunday, June 2 at 11:59PM ET.

For each challenge, we will randomly select an entry to receive a $50.00 gift certificate to the Lawn Fawn shop! Everyone who enters a challenge has a chance to be the random drawing winner! Woohoo!

We will also be highlighting a few of your fabulous projects at the close of each challenge! By linking your projects to our challenges, you will give permission for us to post your work to this blog and our social media sites. Check out the How to Play page for a few guidelines to play along. We want this to be FUN, so we’ll keep the rules to just a few!

Hey Friends, it’s Christy here with another card for our Dies Only Challenge. On my previous card featuring the Cactus Hillside Border, I used the frame from the Honeycomb Backdrop. I removed it carefully from the die, leaving all the leftover little bits stuck in place. I wanted to find a way to use up those pieces, so I built today’s card idea around that.


I started with the Cheery Cherries, and die cut the pieces I would need out of Lawn Fawn cardstock, then blended on Distress Oxide Inks to give them definition. For the cherries themselves, I used Guava Cardstock, then added Festive Berries, Candied Apple, and a tiny bit of Vintage Photo. Then I did a stem out of Chocolate Bar and blended on Vintage Photo, and two stems each out of Sage Leaf and Algae. I trimmed off only the leaves from these and blended on Evergreen Bough and Mowed Lawn.


Then I took some Speckled Eggshell cardstock and die cut it with the second largest Large Stitched Circle Stackable, and Barn Red cardstock cut with the second largest Scalloped Circle Stackable. I assembled the cherries, adding a green leaf over the brown one, then adhered them to the focal panel with the extra leaves underneath.


I created an A2 standard size card base from more Speckled Eggshell and added little dabs of glue to the back of the leftover Honeycomb Backdrop pieces that I wanted to use, then lined up my card base over top, flipped it over, and used a craft pick to release the pieces from the die. Then I popped the focal panel toward the top with foam tape.

For part of the sentiment, I white heat embossed it onto Chocolate Bar Cardstock and trimmed it down with an Everyday Sentiment Banner into two strips. The rest I die cut from more Guava Cardstock using Finley’s ABCs and added the same ink blending as I used on the cherries. I popped all of this up with foam tape as well.

To complete the card, I added two hearts from the Heart Garden Border cut from Guava Cardstock and blended with a touch of Festive Berries. Then finished with a bit of Stardust Stickles. If you’d like to see how it all came together, you can check out the video tutorial on my YouTube channel, Christy Gets Crafty. I really hope you enjoy it!

I hope this has inspired you to play along with our Dies Only Challenge! We can’t wait to see what you create!

Thank you so much, Christy! I love this cheerful card!

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